Zechariah 2:9

Zechariah 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
• New International Version (NIV)I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

Context of Zechariah 2:9

7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 8For thus saith Yhwh of Armies; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me. 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Yhwh. 11And many nations shall be joined to Yhwh in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me unto thee.

Zechariah 2:9 word by word

כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֨י מֵנִ֤יף אֶת־יָדִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל לְעַבְדֵיהֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ סRead the interlinear

• For, behold, I will shakeנוּףnûph · to waveH5130
• mine handיָדyâd · handH3027
• upon them, and they shall be a spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• to their servantsעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of Armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Zechariah 2:9

• Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 11:15And Yhwh shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
• Isaiah 13:2Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
• Isaiah 19:16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yhwh of Armies, which he shaketh over it.
• Isaiah 14:2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Yhwh for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
• Jeremiah 27:7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
• Ezekiel 39:10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord Yhwh.
• Habakkuk 2:8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith Yhwh of Armies, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
• Zechariah 2:8For thus saith Yhwh of Armies; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Zechariah 4:9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me unto you.
• Zechariah 6:15And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Yhwh, and ye shall know that Yhwh of Armies hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of Yhwh your God.
• Jeremiah 28:9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Yhwh hath truly sent him.
• John 13:19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
• John 16:4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

Commentaries on Zechariah 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will shake mine hand upon them - I will threaten first, and then stretch out my hand of judgment against them. A spoil to their servants - To those whom they had formerly subjected to their sway. As the Babylonians to the Medes and Persians; and so of the rest in the subversion of empires.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For behold I will shake My hand against them - As God promised of old against the enemies of His people, and they shall be a spoil to those who served them habitually. And ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent Me - Theodoret: “He was sent, not as God, but as Man. For as God He is equal to the Father. For He saith, “I am in the Father and the Father in Me, and, The Father who dwelleth in Me He doeth the works” John 14:10, and, “I and My Father are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 If God will build Jerusalem for the people and their comfort, they must inhabit it for him and his glory. The promises and privileges with which God's people are blessed, should engage us to join them, whatever it costs us. When Zion is enlarged to make room for all God's Israel, it is the greatest madness for any of them to stay in Babylon. The captivity of a sinful state is by no means to be continued in, though a man may be easy in worldly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9they will become plunder for their own servant: During the exodus, the Egyptians gave the Israelites valuables to encourage them to leave (see Exodus 11:2–3; 12:35–36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. shake ... hand--A mere wave of God's hand can prostrate all foes (compare Ru 1:13; Job 31:21; Is 11:15; 19:16; Ac 13:11). a spoil to their servants--to the Jews whom they had once as their slaves (compare Is 14:2). As the Jews' state between the return from Babylon and Christ's coming was checkered with much adversity, this prophecy can only have its fulfilment under Christ. sent me--(Is 48:16; 61:1; Joh 10:36).Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 2:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Babylon
• Miracles
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Angel
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Bible, the
• Hand
• Joshua (3)
• Nettles
• Zechariah, Book of
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on Zechariah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings